Teriyaki Boy hates raw fish?
I ordered a chirashi don at Teriyaki Boy the other night. It's rice topped with various types of sashimi--basically mixed sushi in a bowl. Yummy.
The waitress didn't seem to approve of my choice though. She said, "Puro hilaw po yun. Okey lang?" ("It's all raw. Is that okay?")
I'm not sure why, but every time I see the Teriyaki Boy mascot, I imagine him cussing and yelling at me.
I was confused. Why wouldn't I be okay with sashimi being raw? Wouldn't that be like complaining about soup being wet? Wouldn't customers be more likely to throw a fit if their sashimi came cooked to a crisp? Oh wait, maybe by all raw she meant that the rice would be raw too. Now that wouldn't be okay at all. Hmm. Help?
I didn't know what to say, so I just nodded.
As she sauntered away, I turned to Lizz and muttered, "That was the dumbest question I've ever heard in a Japanese restaurant," possibly before she was out of earshot.
I hope she didn't spit in my food.
Hehe...
This is at least amusingly stupid. I hate it when an order taker condescendingly asks me "Iced tea na walang ice?"
Or...
in my case, "tuna melt without cheese", or spaghetti with meat sauce without the meat[balls]", or "salad without the dressing", or...
I could go on and on and on (and on...strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard and shadown searching...wait, that's something else...)
Hehe
Whoa, you have a new blog?
no, not a blog :)
it's a legit tech project :p (which would also explain why I'm scrambling to learn how to edit video, hint hint)
Interesting!
Let us know how it goes.
Oh, and don't Macs make video editing a breeze? Hail Steve Jobs :-P
One of these days,
I'll try to order well-done sashimi just to see what happens.
What happened to me was the
What happened to me was the opposite. I wanted to order Seafood Salpicao in Gerry's Grill (or was it Dencio's?), so I asked the waiter:
Me: "Boss, anu-ano 'tong mga seafood na 'to?"
Waiter: (Thinking for a second) "Uhm... mga mixed seafood yan sir."
I think I didn't order that dish.
Heh
That's a good example of a correct but useless answer.
A former officemate told me
A former officemate told me to be mean to everyone except to nurses and waitresses. It's hard, but I've been ardently following her tip for two years now. Ehehe.
That's good advice
I'm usually very nice to waiters. I just slipped up the other night because I was so thrown off by the question.
I know how stupid the
I know how stupid the question sounds, but some people (like my ex) avoid raw fish at a Japanese restaurants. Hence, questions like that.
But yeah, good luck eating spiteful spit.
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Well,
I thought I looked very Japanese the other night. I was surprised that they didn't ask, "Do you want tentacles on your raw dead fish?"
i dont eat sashimi because
i dont eat sashimi because it's.. well.. raw. but if that restaurant has a cooked version, i might actually try one.
oh and last week, i ordered a whopper at burger king and i told them not to put any patty (essentially, a hamburger without the hamburger). turns out, they have what's called a weggie whopper which is exactly that.
it was surprisingly good and so my dad ordered one for himself but at the counter he said 'veggie burger' instead of 'veggie whopper' and he got one with a vegetable patty. who knew?
I wonder if we have that here
I remember asking for a McChicken sandwich without mayo once and I got refused.
Hmm
Refused how? Did you throw a fit?
They said they weren't allowed to sell 'em that way
So I refused to buy. That was pretty understandable, though if I were her, I'd have agreed to at least provide the mayonnaise on the side.
I remember when I was planning to order World Chicken's Chicken Inasal just to try it out, I was informed that a certain type of rice that goes with it is not available anymore, so I told her, I'm fine with another type of rice. She says, they can't give me the other rice because it's for a different set. This was rather confusing so I clarified, "Are you trying to tell me that I won't get rice for my order even though the meal clearly includes one?" And what do you know she said yes. And I don't even get a discount. So I refused to buy from them. Boycotted them since.
The McDonald's one is understandable
The cashier doesn't make the sandwiches herself, and she doesn't have the power to make the call. Mayonnaise on the side? Fat chance. McDonald's is not a gourmet restaurant. It's basically a factory assembly line trying to pump out as many identical burgers as possible. Any unusual requests would slow them down.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that their bad customer service is cool. I'm just saying that it's not hard to understand why they value efficiency over customer service.
Yeah, like I said, understandable
What's not understandable is World's Chicken's. It still grates at me when I think about it.
Wow,
someone's holding a grudge :-P What happened to Christian forgiveness?
Really?
That sucks! I sometimes ask for my Fish Fillet without mayo and I haven't gotten much trouble for it. Though they do forget to actually take it out 50% of the time. Lol.
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Maybe Philos
doesn't know how to ask nicely.
Not to turn the knife after proverbially stabbing philos, but…
I've also always asked for mayo-less, ketchup-less burgers at McDo and Wendys and the worst I've been asked is to wait 15 mins for my burger. If one day I do get turned down I'll just go some place else to eat. +1 what jc said
also, HALLELUJAH for replacing the math questions with captchas. I now have one less thing to fear about going here
Excellent
I'll take the +1 and pretend that I didn't also post a comment about ruthless fast-food efficiency :-D
But I do know how to ask nicely
In fact, you should watch me score a thigh part with 1 pc. chicken and spag meal in KFC when the standard just the small part.
As if
you should be eating more fried chicken :-P
You should totally try
You should totally try asking for a McGangbang next time.
I hear some local branches already know what a McGangbang is.
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Hmm, interesting
Someone go give it a try and let us know what happens.
Heh, that's so confusing
Totally wouldn't work in Burger King branches here.
Really? Weggie Whopper? Wow.
Really? Weggie Whopper? Wow. I hafta try that.
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I hope he meant "Veggie Whopper"
"Weggie Whopper" sounds painful.
LOL
Yeah, I meant veggie whopper. LOL!
Oh good
No wedgies.
I love sushi...
But don't like chirashi don as much. I think I prefer my uncooked fish flesh to be shaped in perfect little circles.
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Chirashi don is convenient for me
because when I eat nigiri, I often drop the rice part accidentally... messy.
I wish I understand what you're talking about
I'm pretty simple when it comes to raw food... i prefer tuna and salmon sashimi... and anything with rice around it.
What part
don't you understand? :-P
All the japanese words of course
Not that that would stop me from trying them.
I already explained chirashi don
in the blog entry. Nigiri is the type of sushi that's a ball of rice with a piece of sashimi on top.
Suggestive selling: you're
Suggestive selling: you're doing it wrong.
Government warning:
raw fish is dangerous for your health.
when
i was a kid my mother told me to not eat anything unless it is cooked.
So you never ate
fruits and salads when you were a kid? :-P
Fruits and salads. I hate
Fruits and salads. I hate 'em!
Do you love
constipation?
fruits
yes, salads no. of course i was talking about meat proteins here. like chicken meat. LOL.
Hmm
Chicken sashimi? Hmm.
According to Wikipedia...
"Sashimi is a Japanese delicacy primarily consisting of very fresh raw seafood..."
PRIMARILY- so there are other ingredients not just raw seafood.
"Some sashimi ingredients, such as octopus, are sometimes served cooked given its chewy nature. Most seafood, such as tuna, salmon, and squid, are served raw."
I'm not a Japanese cuisine expert, but this is something to debate about.
Hehe.
You're right of course
Teriyaki Boy's chirashi don comes with a piece of lightly cooked shrimp, which is considered sashimi.
So yeah, I guess the waitress didn't know shit when she said it's all raw.
No offense
but did she sort of assumed you don't know what you're ordering? Ehem.
I've eaten sashimi seared for two seconds. They're basically half-raw, half-cooked. I don't know why I mentioned this. I love Japanese cuisine but I don't know the Japanese terms. All I have to know is that they're delicious.
Yeah,
I think she assumed that I didn't know what I was ordering. Or maybe she thought I was illiterate and couldn't read the menu.
raw fish
You gave me a good laugh. LOL!
Enjoy your weekend. :)
Thanks
No raw fish for me this weekend.
The mascot
does look angry. Very angry.
It's like yelling, "Get out of my shop!"
Yes
Teriyaki Boy frightens little children.
And their logo
Reminds me of a bakeshop... Bread Talk or something.
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